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Putting a graphic in a tight cell
I'd like my small graphic to be the only item in a cell. There are five
columns in this table, and each row has a graphic in the first column. When I copy the graphic into the cell, the column widths change, such that the first column, which has the graphic, and should be 1/2 inch wide (the width of the graphic) becomes 2 1/2 inches wide, and all the other columns shrink. I cannot resize that first column. I've gone through every layout option, none of them allow the column to be sizeable, and get down to 1/2 inch. I've tried changing the table's format properties, as well as the column and cell properties. I was reading some of the answers to others' questions, and noticed that I cannot right-click on the graphic and get a Format.. menu item on the right-click menu. This is Word 2003. |
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Putting a graphic in a tight cell
First of all, turn off auto resizing in the table (Table Properties | Table
| Options); this will allow you to set the column width manually if necessary. Then, in the cell where you want the picture (before inserting it), set the cell margins to zero (Table Properties | Cell | Options); this will ensure that the picture completely fills the cell. See if that helps. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "MargaretBartley" wrote in message ... I'd like my small graphic to be the only item in a cell. There are five columns in this table, and each row has a graphic in the first column. When I copy the graphic into the cell, the column widths change, such that the first column, which has the graphic, and should be 1/2 inch wide (the width of the graphic) becomes 2 1/2 inches wide, and all the other columns shrink. I cannot resize that first column. I've gone through every layout option, none of them allow the column to be sizeable, and get down to 1/2 inch. I've tried changing the table's format properties, as well as the column and cell properties. I was reading some of the answers to others' questions, and noticed that I cannot right-click on the graphic and get a Format.. menu item on the right-click menu. This is Word 2003. |
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Putting a graphic in a tight cell
I found out where it is: in was in the paragraph format! I don't know why
this table, which was created by drawing it with the pencil tool, automatically created paragraphs with a 2 inch right margin, but that was it! Thanks for answering, anyway. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: First of all, turn off auto resizing in the table (Table Properties | Table | Options); this will allow you to set the column width manually if necessary. Then, in the cell where you want the picture (before inserting it), set the cell margins to zero (Table Properties | Cell | Options); this will ensure that the picture completely fills the cell. See if that helps. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "MargaretBartley" wrote in message ... I'd like my small graphic to be the only item in a cell. There are five columns in this table, and each row has a graphic in the first column. When I copy the graphic into the cell, the column widths change, such that the first column, which has the graphic, and should be 1/2 inch wide (the width of the graphic) becomes 2 1/2 inches wide, and all the other columns shrink. I cannot resize that first column. I've gone through every layout option, none of them allow the column to be sizeable, and get down to 1/2 inch. I've tried changing the table's format properties, as well as the column and cell properties. I was reading some of the answers to others' questions, and noticed that I cannot right-click on the graphic and get a Format.. menu item on the right-click menu. This is Word 2003. |
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Putting a graphic in a tight cell
Yes, I should have mentioned that, too. FWIW, I would avoid the Draw Table
feature; the most messed-up tables I've ever seen were created that way. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "MargaretBartley" wrote in message ... I found out where it is: in was in the paragraph format! I don't know why this table, which was created by drawing it with the pencil tool, automatically created paragraphs with a 2 inch right margin, but that was it! Thanks for answering, anyway. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: First of all, turn off auto resizing in the table (Table Properties | Table | Options); this will allow you to set the column width manually if necessary. Then, in the cell where you want the picture (before inserting it), set the cell margins to zero (Table Properties | Cell | Options); this will ensure that the picture completely fills the cell. See if that helps. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "MargaretBartley" wrote in message ... I'd like my small graphic to be the only item in a cell. There are five columns in this table, and each row has a graphic in the first column. When I copy the graphic into the cell, the column widths change, such that the first column, which has the graphic, and should be 1/2 inch wide (the width of the graphic) becomes 2 1/2 inches wide, and all the other columns shrink. I cannot resize that first column. I've gone through every layout option, none of them allow the column to be sizeable, and get down to 1/2 inch. I've tried changing the table's format properties, as well as the column and cell properties. I was reading some of the answers to others' questions, and noticed that I cannot right-click on the graphic and get a Format.. menu item on the right-click menu. This is Word 2003. |
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